Kraków Mounds

The five mounds make Kraków an absolute record-breaker in this field.

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Bogusław Świerzowski / krakow.pl

The oldest are the mounds of Krakus (King Krak) and Wanda, the mound of Tadeusz Kościuszko is much younger, though the most popular, the Józef Piłsudski Mound, is the largest, and the youngest and smallest is the John Paul II Mound. There used to be a sixth mound, of Esterka, mistress of King Casimir the Great (Kazimierz Wielki), who according to legend leapt out of a window straight into a local pond on hearing news of the king’s infidelity. Currently, its place is taken by the Stadium of WKS Wawel football club.